University of Louisville Magazine

SUMMER 2015

The University of Louisville Alumni Magazine: for alumni, faculty, staff, students and anyone that is a UofL Cardinal fan.

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S U M M E R U O F L M A G A Z I N E | 1 9 H A P P E N I N G H E R E Pearsall's championship pedigree On March 14, a 5-0 win over Virginia marked the 600th in the 16-year history of University of Louisville softball, as well as the 600th win at UofL for Head Coach Sandy Pearsall, the only coach in program history. It would seem like an achievement that would be diff cult to top in a calendar year, but Pearsall already had. On February 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York, Pearsall's prized Leon- berger, Summit, won "Best of Opposite" at the Westminster Ken- nel Club Dog Show — the College World Series of canines. While her life has been softball, dogs have also been a life- long passion. Since she could remember, Pears- all worked with her mother, who bred and trained German Shepherds in northern California. Pearsall breeds, owns, trains and has even shown the mas- sive and playful work- ing group dogs while running Redwood Trails Leonbergers. Summit, a f ve-year- old that weighs 120 pounds, has captured numerous awards, but the trip to the Big Apple was the pinnacle. As a softball coach, achieving at a high level is nothing new, as Louisville has won six conference titles, com- peted in 11 consecutive NCA A Regionals and hosted four, despite Pearsall building the program from the ground up in 1999. Swimmer named ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year Junior Kelsi Worrell earned the title 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines the 2015 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming & Diving Team, as announced in late April. Her teammates Abigail Chin, Andrea Cottrell, Andrea Kneppers and Emily Stalmack join Worrell on the All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming and Diving team. An exercise science major from Mt. Holly, New Jersey, Worrell captured two individual national championships in the 100-yard butterf y and 200- yard butterf y at the 2015 NCAA Championships, as she set an American, NCAA and U.S. Open record with her 100-yard butterf y swim. In total, Worrell earned six All-America accolades at the NCAAs and grabbed six All-ACC honors, including two gold medals, at the 2015 ACC Championships. UofL swimmer Kelsi Worrell accepted the Adidas High Performance Athlete of the Year award during the University of Louisville athletic department's second annual Louies award celebration this April. TO DATE, WORRELL'S SUPERLATIVE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE • Fastest female swimmer in 100-yard butterf y • First female swimmer to break the 50-second barrier in 100-yard butterf y • First female swimmer to break 22 seconds in the butterf y leg of the medley relay Softball Head Coach Sandy Pearsall shows her champion Leonberger "Summit" at Ulmer Stadium.

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